Blood alcohol analysis

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Answer GCMS. The HD detector would respond to ethanol (it is widely used for blood alcohol analysis), but the response is not specific. Since a complex pattern of peaks would be expected from such a sample, it would be difficult to definitively identify one as ethanol, although it would likely be one of the earliest eluting peaks. A mass spectrometer could provide definitive identification of ethanol via the com-p>ound s mass spectrum. 

Most have to do with the area of drugs of abuse and toxicological analyses, including blood alcohol analysis. There are also some very unique applications in criminalistics, such as analysis of debris from fire scenes for accelerants, explosive analysis, and the examination of trace evidence, such as paints, fibers, and other polymers. Gas chromatographic applications within these specific areas are detailed in the chapter. 

The practice of breath collection onto silica adsorbent for later analysis to compare to the results of an evidential breath-testing device (EBT) is currently being performed in some laboratories in the United States. The contents are emptied into a vial, diluted with an aqueous internal standard solution (n-propanol) and analyzed by headspace GC using procedures similar to those for blood alcohol analysis, but adjusted for sensitivity differences. Reanalysis of breath samples collected in this manner is not recommended, however, due to factors other than instrument performance, such as sample collection and operator errors. 

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